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Author Talk with Katarzyna Jerzak

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Sharon Williams

Author Katarzyna Jerzak, will read from her novella entitled "The Golden Age." The book is a meditation on childhood and loss, but also a love story. Jerzak wrote the book at the request of her cousin, Yoann Lemoine. The book is a literary accompaniment to his first music album. It is dedicated to the mothers in our family, because in addition to being loosely based on Yoann's life, it has the history of our family which has been blessed with strong Jewish mothers. About the author: Katarzyna Jerzak (Princeton University Ph.D., 1995) teaches English Philology at Academia Pomeraniensis in Poland. She was a tenured Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia between 1995 and 2012. In 1999/2000 she resided at the American Academy in Rome as a Rome Prize Fellow in Art History. The talk will be followed by a light lunch.

When:

Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Location:

Congregation Beth El

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Please join us in celebration of Levi Williams' Bar Mitzvah. We are excited to celebrate with Levi and his family as he is called to the Torah. Join us as we welcome him into adult Jewish community life. The services on Friday will be followed by an Oneg. Saturday morning service will be followed by Shabbat lunch downstairs. Oneg and lunch are hosted by the Williams family. All are welcome! Please RSVP for the meals to info@potsdamsynagogue.org.

Please join us in celebration of Levi Williams' Bar Mitzvah. We are excited to celebrate with Levi and his family as he is called to the Torah. Join us as we welcome him into adult Jewish community life. The services on Friday will be followed by an Oneg. Saturday morning service will be followed by Shabbat lunch downstairs. Oneg and lunch are hosted by the Williams family. All are welcome! Please RSVP for the meals to info@potsdamsynagogue.org.